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Heritage FFA Members Place In State Horticultural Contest

On September 10th, students from Heritage competed in the Indiana State Horticultural Contest held at Purdue University. The students identified plants, placed judging classes and completed a written examination. In the junior division the team of Myra Berning, Owen Van Horn and Nick Shirey placed 5th. Individual placings are Nick Shirey placed 10th, Myra Berning…

Keeping up with the Paulding FFA Chapter

By: The Paulding FFA Reporter- Katlynn Fuller The Paulding FFA Chapter has been very busy at the start of this school year. The members have been working hard and volunteering for many different activities throughout the community. Parent member meeting: The FFA officers, and alumni hosted a parent member meeting on August 30th to kick…

Woodlan FFA Community Service Project

The Woodlan FFA Chapter donated over 475 food items to the local Food Bank from their community service project. The donated food was brought by participating 2nd graders as their admission price to attend the Woodlan FFA, Wabash-Erie Canal, and Demonstration Field Day. The Wabash-Erie Canal Day Demonstrations are held on the school grounds of…

Woodlan FFA Serving Others

The Woodlan FFA Chapter volunteered to help with the Circle City Relief project, a community service project which serves the Indianapolis and greater Indianapolis areas. Circle City Relief is a grant and donation program dedicated to helping the homeless and poverty stricken of Indianapolis. The Circle City Relief program provides food, clothing, hygienic products, and…

Woodlan FFA Awarded Hoosier degree

The Woodlan FFA Chapter had 11 members awarded Indiana FFA’s highest degree that can be bestowed upon an FFA member; the Hoosier Degree. The FFA members were awarded their Hoosier Degree during the 87th State FFA Convention held on the campus of Purdue University. The Hoosier Degree is based on a student’s supervised agriculture experience…

Woodlan FFA Awarded 87th FFA Indiana State Convention

The Woodlan FFA team finished first in the State FFA Entomology Career Development Event held at Purdue University, West Lafayette and was recently awarded at the 87th FFA Indiana State Convention for their placing and accomplishment. The Entomology CDE competition included correctly identifying insect specimens, listing the order in which the insect belonged, and answering…

Woodlan FFA Help Package Meals

The Woodlan FFA Chapter helped package 43,848 meals in the Armory at Purdue University during the 87th Indiana State FFA Convention. The packaged food will now be distributed to local Indiana food banks to help feed the less fortunate.  Nine Woodlan FFA members were part of the 160 Indiana FFA members who spent their afternoon…

WOODLAN FFA ATTENDS PLT WORKSHOP

By: Kyle Nahrwold, Woodlan FFA Reporter Woodlan FFA members participated in the Indiana State FFA PLT workshop held at the FFA Leadership Center located near Trafalgar, Indiana. PLT (Premier Leadership Training) is a specially designed workshop for all Indiana State Officers, Section Directors, District officers, State Chorus Officers and State Band Officers to be trained…

East Allen FFA

Stutzman awarded Hoosier Degree Paige Stutzman, daughter of Dwayne and Julie Stutzman of Harlan, IN, was awarded Indiana FFA’s highest degree that can be bestowed upon a FFA member. Paige was awarded her Hoosier Degree during the 86th State FFA Convention held on the campus of Purdue University. The Hoosier Degree is based on a…

Woodlan FFA attend SOAR Conference

Several Woodlan FFA members recently attended the SOAR, FFA conference held at the Indiana FFA Leadership Center located near Trafalagar, Indiana in Johnson County. SOAR is an acronym for Seek Opportunities and Achieving Results. This conference is for students who are beginning their FFA careers in grades 7–10. The SOAR curriculum is on a three…

Woodlan FFA Receives Several State Awards

The Woodlan FFA Chapter recently attended the 85th Indiana State FFA Convention held on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Woodlan FFA Chapter received several awards. The awards received were: 2nd place finish in the Farm Bureau, “Ag. Literacy Challenge” by providing 1,480 Kindergarten students agriculture experiences on a typical Indiana…

Wayne Trace FFA member elected to State Office

Matthew Klopfenstein, a senior at Wayne Trace High School and a member of the Wayne Trace FFA chapter, was elected to serve on the 2014-2015 Ohio FFA State Officer Team as State Treasurer. The State FFA Officer team consists of six constitutional officers and up to 10 District Presidents. In order to be elected, Klopfenstein…

Woodlan FFA Chapter and Heritage FFA Chapter

Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve. The Woodlan FFA Chapter and Heritage FFA Chapter conducted Kindergarten tours (K-tours) on May 8 and 9, 2014, at the Roger and Vickie Hadley farm located one mile North of Woodburn, Indiana. The purpose of K-tours is to have FFA members tell and…